Instituted in 1985, The Butkus Award® is one of the elite individual honors, originally given each year to one player in college football: the most impactful linebacker in the game. In 2008, The Butkus Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, took stewardship of the award to fully realize the original purpose of honoring athletic achievement and service to the community.
Watch List
Ja’Qualin Birdsong
Troup County High School
Jaylen Boardley
Pleasant Grove High School
Sammy Brown
(Jefferson High School)
Cam Buffington
Mount Union High School
Bodie Kahoun
Patrick Henry High School
Kolaj Cobbins
Destrehan High School
Fred Clark
Winona High School
Aaron Chiles
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Kolaj Cobbins
Destrehan High School
Chris Cole
Salem High School
Mason Curtis
The Ensworth School High School
Frank Cusano
Granite Bay High School
Sterling Dixon
Mobile Christian High School
Myles Graham
Woodward Academy High School
Wendell Gregory
Walton High School
Zavier Hamilton
Navarre High School
Adarius Hayes
Largo High School
Rodney Hill
Flagler Palm Coast High School
Andrew Hines
Woodward High School
Kari Jackson
West Bloomfield High School
Cayden Jones
Christ School High School
Kristopher Jones
Fairfax High School
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
(St. John Bosco High School)
Melvin Laster
Liberty North High School
Cameron Lindsey
Aliquippa High School
Jordan Lockhart
St. John Bosco High School
William Love
Eastside High School
Willis McGahee IV
Columbus High School
Payton Pierce
(Lovejoy High School)
Jeremiah Marcelin
Norland High School
Booker Pickett Jr.
Wharton High School
Brayden Platt
(Yelm High School)
Demarcus Riddick
Chilton County High School
Jayshawn Ross
Liberty North High School
Preston Ries
Monticello Community High School
Bradley Shaw
Hoover High School
Colin Simmons
Duncanville High School
Tylen Singleton
Many High School
Montrez Smith
Carrollton High School
Tyanthony Smith
Jasper High School
Anthony Speca
Pittsburgh Catholic High School
Edward Spillman
David Academy High School
Garrett Stover
Big Walnut High School
Derek Weisskopf
Williamsburg High School
Maurice Williams Jr.
Shadow Creek High School
Gabriel Williams
Saint Vincent Pallotti High School
Dylan Williams
Poly High School
Ashton Woods
Walton High School
Bryce Young
Charlotte Christian High School
Madden Faraimo
J Serra Catholic High School
Semi-Finalists
Aaron Chiles
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Chris Cole
Salem High School
Cayden Jones
Christ School High School
Kristopher Jones
Fairfax High School
Bodie Kahoun
Patrick Henry High School
Payton Pierce
(Lovejoy High School)
Brayden Platt
(Yelm High School)
Demarcus Riddick
Chilton County High School
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
(St. John Bosco High School)
Derek Weisskopf
Williamsburg High School
Justin williams
(Oak Ridge High School)
Finalists
Winner
Watch List
Leonard Ah You
Kahuka
Tausili Akana
Skyridge
C.J. Allen
Lamar County
Jamal Anderson
Mill Creek
Jaiden Ausberry
University Laboratory
Drayk Bowen
Andrean High School
Troy Bowles
Jesuit
Christian Brathwaite
Cypress Ranch
Semaj Bridgeman
Archbishop Wood
Jayvant Brown
St. Thomas Aquinas
Malik Bryant
Jones
Lewis Carter
Tampa Catholic
Trevor Carter
Ironton
Stanquan Clark
Miami Central
Dee Crayton
Denmark
Justin Cryer
Royal
Tackett Curtis
Many
Tre Edwards
Mater Dei Catholic
Palaie Faoa
Bishop Gorman
Troy Ford
Calvary Day
Grant Godfrey
North Gwinnett
Derion Gullette
Teague
Jordan Hall
IMG Academy
Jaybron Harvey
Southern Durham
Caleb Herring
Riverdale
Anthony Hill
Ryan
Tabias Hinton
Hattiesburg
Grayson Howard
Andrew Jackson
Ty Jones
Bay Springs
Matt Kingsbury
St. Rita
Ben Kueter
Iowa City
Liona Lefau
Kahuka
David Loch
York
Corey Lucius
Tampa Catholic
Wyatt Milkovic
Basha
Zyian Moultrie-Gooddard
Iona Prep
Karmelo Overton
Carroll
Suntarine Perkins
Raleigh
Phil Picciotti
IMG Academy
Jalen Rambert
Powdersville
Arvell Reese
Glenville
Ta’Mere Robinson
Brashear
Jaden Robinson
Columbia
Jalen Smith
Grayson
Leviticus Su’a
Mater Dei Catholic
Jeremiah Telander
Gainesville
Josiah Trotter
St. Joseph’s Prep
Rico Walker
Hickory
Whit Weeks
Oconee County
Semi-Finalists
C.J. Allen
Lamar County
Jamal Anderson
Mill Creek
Jaiden Ausberry
University Laboratory
Troy Bowles
Jesuit
Malik Bryant
Jones
Lewis Carter
Tampa Catholic
Tackett Curtis
Many
Grant Godfrey
North Gwinnett
Derion Gullette
Teague
Anthony Hill
Ryan
Ben Kueter
Iowa City
Suntarine Perkins
Raleigh
Arvell Reese
Glenville
Raylen Wilson
Lincoln
Finalists
Winner
Winner
Raekwon McMillan
Liberty County
Winner
Jaylon Smith
Bishop Luers
Winner
Noor Davis
Leesburg
Winner
Tony Steward
Menendez
Winner
Jordan Hicks
Lakota West
Winner
Manti Te’o
Punahou School
Winner
Winner
Prince Kollie
David Crockett
Winner
Justin Flowe
Upland HS
Winner
Winner
Solomon Tuliaupupu
Mater Dei
Winner
Dylan Moses
IMG Academy
Winner
Caleb Kelly
Clovis West
Winner
Malik Jefferson
Ralph H. Poteet